Film Club

Rooftop Films is kicking off it's summer series at the Open Road Rooftop on Grand Street this weekend. Their evening of short films from around the world, tonight, is sold out, but you can still get tickets for Bryan...

This month's LES Heritage Film Series screening will be a one-of-a-kind event; the program will consist of a silent film from 1915, by Raul Walsh, titled Regeneration (60 min.), and it will be accompanied by a very unique musical...

Our friends at Rooftop Films have announced the feature film lineup for their upcoming 16th Annual Summer Series.  They've been kicking off their summer season down here at the Open Road Rooftop at New Design High School (formerly Seward...

Next week's screening at the Lower East Side Heritage Film Series looks like a doozy. In honor of what would have been legendary jazz musician Charles Mingus' 90th birthday, they will present Mingus (1968, 59 min., 16mm).  The documentary,...

The L.E.S. Film Festival opened to a packed house last night at the Sunshine Cinema on Houston Street. Complimentary beer was flowing and downtown performance artist Justin Bond was in the audience. Bond is one the festival judges, along...

This month's installment of the always fascinating LES Heritage Film Series will include film legend Martin Scorsese interviewing his parents in Italianamerican (1974, 26 min., 16mm).  Scorsese visits with them in their home on Elizabeth Street while they are...

Although they apparently aren't allowed to say "Oscars," The Sunshine Cinema confirms (via their Facebook Page) that they will be screening "Hollywood's Big Night" this Sunday, beginning at 7pm (143 E. Houston). They write: We're going to host that...

The L.E.S. Film Festival has announced a fun lineup for its 2012 program, touting big name directors like Abel Ferrara and big screen talent like Willem Dafoe, Dolly Parton and Dustin Lance Black. The local festival, now in its...

Our friends at the Museum at Eldridge Street will be screening a rarely seen film, Hester Street, by Joan Micklin Silver, this Sunday at 3:00pm.  The best part? Two for one tickets for Lower East Siders who live or...

The Lower East Side Heritage Film Series at Seward Park Library has a fun line-up this month.  This Tuesday they will focus on "Bubbies & Beats." On the program: Pull My Daisy (1959, 29 min., 16mm) "Friday morning in...